Has anyone read any good books on the Arab-Israeli war, or the 6-Day war? Or it could be anything dealing with the build up that brought on these conflicts.

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Posted by Methuselah

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Posted on 2/22/18 at 1:24 pm to Loubacca

If you're interested in novels (historical fiction), Leon Uris had a couple of good books. Milta Pass about actual fighting in the conflict and Exodus about the European Jews getting to Israel and setting up the state and the conflicts involved therein.

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Posted by TaTa Toothy

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Posted on 2/22/18 at 2:59 pm to Loubacca

1967 by Tom Segev is a great book.

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Posted by Loubacca

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Posted on 2/22/18 at 3:18 pm to Methuselah

Thanks for the input, I'm going to give all of these a look.

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Posted by FightinTigersDammit

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Posted on 2/22/18 at 7:09 pm to Loubacca

Oren- Six Days of War

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Posted by AUCE05

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Posted on 2/23/18 at 3:59 pm to Loubacca

You mean the one we are in now?

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Posted by BigPapiDoesItAgain

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Posted on 2/25/18 at 10:00 pm to AUCE05

Herman Wouk The Hope and The Glory (essentially a two volume novel - this is the definitive historical fiction work on the subject)
Exodus and The Haj by Leon Uris - both cover the Palestinian struggle in general - Exodus more from Jewish POV and The Haj from Arab POV

Although historical fiction, much to be gained from reading these four books.

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